KNOX – Author Ian Haysom is not your father’s grandfather
THIS ISN’T THE BOOK I expected Ian Haysom to write. Having run the newsrooms of the Vancouver Sun, the Vancouver Province, BCTV, CHEK and Global B.C., and being a [Continue]
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KNOX – Trapped by a tax he can’t afford to pay or fight
WHEN BIG O TIRE burned in View Royal, Eric Chang was visibly upset. “Don is such a good neighbour,” he said as black smoke billowed into the sky. “He’s a good guy.” [Continue]
KNOX – From the bubble, a tribute to Mum on her 100th birthday
MY MOTHER, Jean Knox, turns 100 years old today, totally screwing up my retirement-budget calculations. I put her longevity down to stubbornness. She never was a quitter, [Continue]
KNOX – Even with all the smoke it’s clear an election is looming
IT’S SMOKY OUT THERE. Need-headlights-at-4-p.m. smoky. Not as bad as newsrooms in 1982, mind you, but still as gloomy as a travel agent. We can see one thing clearly, [Continue]
KNOX – Are the wheels falling off the work-from-home bus?
IT’S THE LABOUR DAY WEEKEND. Labour as in time to go back to work — which, for many people these days means popping open a laptop on the kitchen counter. If there has [Continue]
KNOX – It’s no fun when sharing a name means sharing the blame
A COLORADO RADIO HOST named Erin O’Toole woke up this week to discover that, unbeknownst to her, she had become leader of the Conservative Party of Canada overnight. Or, [Continue]
KNOX – Half-price Maple Leafs poutine a clue to how much we love hockey
YOU COULDN’T REALLY call the message on the outside the 17 Mile House Pub an advertisement. It’s more of a gleeful taunt: MAPLE LEAFS POUTINE NOW HALF PRICE. What, [Continue]
KNOX – Kamala Harris makes history, while B.C. is a footnote to VP selection
AS IT TURNS OUT, the next vice president of the United States won’t be married to an Oak Bay grad. On Tuesday, political betting sites – yes, there are such things – [Continue]
KNOX – In the ’51st state,’ Democrats are pushing to get out the vote
AMONG THE MORE than 600,000 potential U.S. voters living in Canada, some lean Republican. Conventional wisdom says they’re a relative rarity, though, like Boston Bruins [Continue]
KNOX – Figuring out who’s welcome and who’s not is a pandemic pickle
IT TOOK AWHILE, but I finally found one. This was the other day, when I was up in the Interior, off-Island for the first time since the drawbridge went down. On the highway, [Continue]
KNOX – Name for new Seattle NHL team fails the community test
NHL HOCKEY RESUMES next week, with all games clustered in just two cities, Toronto (“Centre of the Universe”) and Edmonton (“Gateway to Red Deer”), thanks to the [Continue]
KNOX – Self-appointed behaviour judges need to see the real picture
SHANNON UNDERDOWN-NGONGO would like to apologize. She would like to say sorry for not appearing to be legally blind, which she is. She would also like to say “my bad” for [Continue]
KNOX – Municipal dissonance is enough to drive you to drink
CENTRAL SAANICH is looking at letting people drink alcohol in its public parks. This brings three thoughts to mind: 1) Parks? We thought they only had corn fields. 2) You can [Continue]
KNOX – Thousands of Canadians trapped in India by COVID-19
THE PANDEMIC WAS STILL just distant thunder when Narender Cheema’s 80-year-old mother flew to northern India in January. The milder winter season seemed a good time for the [Continue]
